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Press Release10 December 2025Siemens AGMunich
Siemens and Railpool to build state-of-the-art locomotive service hub in Verona, Italy
Siemens Mobility, a leading provider of sustainable and innovative rail
solutions, and Railpool, one of Europe’s leading rail vehicle rental companies,
have signed a preliminary agreement to purchase a 15,000 square meters plot
from Consorzio ZAI. The site is located within the Verona Interporto logistics
hub, the largest integrated traffic terminal in Italy. With a joint investment
of around €20 million, the two companies intend to jointly develop a
state-of-the-art expert center for locomotive maintenance, servicing
locomotives from various manufacturers as an “open access” depot. The newly
constructed facility will feature five tracks for light maintenance and one
track equipped with a wheel lathe, enabling testing of MS and DC locomotives
and maintenance across all major European signaling systems. Railpool and
Siemens Mobility anticipate a significant modal shift toward rail by 2032, when
the opening of the Brenner Base Tunnel is expected to double rail capacity
across the Alps.
“Together with Railpool, we are
strengthening rail freight on the strategic Verona-Brenner corridor,” said
Michael Peter, CEO Siemens Mobility. “This dedicated locomotive hub is equipped
with state-of-the-art maintenance technology to give our customers maximum
availability and efficiency. It will support the shift of freight from road to
rail as the Brenner Base Tunnel opens and become an important part of our
European depot and service network.”
“With our new maintenance hub in
Verona, we are strengthening our service network across Europe’s key logistics corridors,”
said Torsten Lehnert, CEO of Railpool. “This investment underscores our
long-term commitment to delivering reliable, full-service locomotive leasing
solutions that support the evolving needs of customers throughout the
continent.”
The facility on the strategic
Verona-Brenner corridor will be engineered to optimize lifecycle performance
and system availability. It will serve as a critical base for light
maintenance, handling routine inspections and minor adjustments ensuring immediate
operational readiness. This Partner Rail Service Center reaffirms Siemens
Mobility’s commitment as a strategic partner in advancing Italy’s rail
infrastructure with localized, high-tech solutions for a more reliable,
efficient, and environmentally friendly transport system.
Depot and service network
The Verona hub will complement the
existing Siemens Mobility Rail Service Center in Novara. Since 2015, this depot
on the Rhine-Alpine TEN-T corridor has been providing full service for more
than 120 locomotives operated by various major European railway companies.
Locomotive maintenance for freight
transport is one of Siemens Mobility’s flagship activities in Italy and across
Europe. Globally, the company operates one of the largest depot and service
networks in the rail industry, with over 100 service locations in more than 30
countries and approximately 7,000 rail service experts, ensuring up to 100
percent availability of its customers’ rail systems.
Railpool will leverage its expertise
from its 6 in-house workshops and expand its capabilities through the new hub,
supported by its team in Italy and its own warehouse containing over 4,500
spare parts.
Collaboration
In 2024, both companies signed a
framework agreement for the delivery of up to 250 locomotives to Railpool. The
agreement includes multisystem Vectron variants capable of operating in up to
16 countries and across various European rail corridors.
For this press release
Siemens Mobility is a separately managed company of Siemens AG. As a leader in intelligent transport solutions for more than 175 years, Siemens Mobility is constantly innovating its portfolio. Its core areas include rolling stock, rail automation and electrification, a comprehensive software portfolio, turnkey systems as well as related services. With digital products and solutions, and the use of industrial AI, Siemens Mobility is enabling mobility operators worldwide to make their infrastructure intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, enhance passenger experience, and guarantee availability. In fiscal year 2025, which ended on September 30, 2025, Siemens Mobility posted revenue of €12.4 billion and employed around 43,400 people worldwide. Further information is available at:
www.siemens.com/mobility
RAILPOOL ist einer der führenden Schienenfahrzeug-Vermieter mit echter Kompetenz für Full-Service aus einer Hand. Gegründet wurde das Unternehmen 2008 in München; es ist zwischenzeitlich in 19 europäischen Ländern aktiv. Mit mehr als 600 Elektro- und Hybridlokomotiven sowie 148 Personenfahrzeugen (mit einer Investitionssumme von mehr als 2,7 Milliarden Euro) zählt Railpool zu den größten Anbietern in Europa. Die Railpool Flotte legt jedes Jahr 85.000.000 Kilometer zurück und liefert einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Verkehrsverlagerung auf die Schiene. Railpool verfügt sechs eigene Werkstätten und ein Lager mit mehr als 4.500 verschiedenen Ersatzteilen und Komponenten. www.railpool.it